In
accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a total period of 10
minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the
meeting on any matter relevant to the work of the meeting.
Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but
the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for
public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of
speakers.

During
public speaking time, members of the public may ask questions of
the appropriate Cabinet Member who has responsibility for the
matter in question. Where a member of the public wishes to ask a
question of a Cabinet Member at an executive meeting, 3 clear
working days’ notice must be given to the Democratic Services
Manager.